Tsoanelo Pholo
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Tsoanelo Pholo is a field hockey
player from South Africa
, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
.
The striker's hometown is Johannesburg
, and she is nickname
d Playa. Pholo plays for a provincial team called Southern Gauteng. She was recruited to represent South Africa in the touch rugby
World Cup in 1999. She also played soccer.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
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The striker's hometown is Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, and she is nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d Playa. Pholo plays for a provincial team called Southern Gauteng. She was recruited to represent South Africa in the touch rugby
Touch rugby
Touch rugby, Refers to games derived from rugby football in which players do not tackle in the traditional, highly physical way, but instead touch their opponents using their hands on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball....
World Cup in 1999. She also played soccer.
International senior tournaments
- 2003 – All Africa Games (Abuja, Nigeria)
- 2004 – Olympic GamesField hockey at the 2004 Summer OlympicsField Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.-Men's...
(Athens, Greece) - 2005 – Champions Challenge2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)The third edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, United States. The event started on Friday July 8 and ended on Saturday July 16...
(Virginia Beach, United States) - 2006 – World Cup2006 Women's Hockey World CupThe 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup is the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from September 27 to October 8, 2006 in Madrid, Spain.Netherlands won its sixth World Championship after beating Australia 3–1...
(Madrid, Spain)